--------------------------------------------- Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006 ISS EDUCATIONAL DOWNLINK EVENT ON NASA TV Date/Time: Tuesday, Nov. 14, 9:20 a.m. EST The International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 14 crew will participate in an educational downlink highlighting International Education Week (Nov. 13 - 17). For details, visit: http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING Date/Time/Location: Thursday, Nov. 9, 2 p.m., MIC 5 Contact: Ethics Team 358-2465 Employees who file a Public Financia ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for November 8, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *November 8, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: November 8, 2006 03:54 pm EDT* *Viewer's Guide: Watch Mercury Cross the Sun*On Nov. 8, more than half the world will get to ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 07 November 2006. -- FIRE (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES ON BORNEO AND SUMATRA Smoke from agricultural and forest fires burning on Sumatra and Borneo since late September 2006 blanketed a wide region with smoke that interrupted air and highway travel and pushed air quality to unhealthy levels. Fires were still burning in early November. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13960 *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 05 2006 (Posted on Nov 07 2006 7:52AM) F ...Continue Reading

Nov. 8, 2006 Dean Acosta/Doc Mirelson Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1400/1600 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-174 NASA HONORS APOLLO MOON WALKER'S MEMORY IN SEATTLE CEREMONY NASA will honor former astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad for his involvement in the U.S. space program with the presentation of the Ambassador of Exploration Award at 2 p.m. EST, Saturday, Nov. 18, in the Allen Theater, The Museum of Flight, 9404 East Marginal Way South, Seattle. The award ceremony coincides with the 37th anniversary of t ...Continue Reading

Space Weather News for Nov. 7, 2006 http://spaceweather.com Solar activity is about to increase--or so it seems. An active sunspot is hiding just behind the sun's eastern limb. For the past three days, it has been erupting, throwing clouds of magnetized gas high above the sun's surface where they can be seen from Earth. Some of these explosions have also produced strong radio bursts heard in the loudspeakers of ham-radio rigs. Soon, perhaps later today or tomorrow, the sun's rotation will turn the sunspot toward E ...Continue Reading

The following sections were updated since 06 November 2006. -- FLOOD (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODS IN EAST AFRICA Floods swept over formerly drought-striken regions of Kenya and Ethiopia when unusually heavy seasonal rains began in late October 2006. * http://naturalhazards.nasa.gov/shownh.php3?img_id=13958 *** MODIS(Terra) image from Nov 01 2006 (Posted on Nov 07 2006 10:09AM) FLOODS IN SOUTHERN INDIA Wide swaths of coastal southeastern India were underwater on November 5, 2006, when MODIS captured th ...Continue Reading

LiveScience.com Tuesday, November 7, 2006 Mystery Solved: Why Rhino Horns are Curved and Pointed A new study likens a rhino's horn to a sharpened pencil, with a hard core and a softer exterior that curves as it grows and wears over time. Jet-Lagged Mice More Likely to Die Aged mice subjected to changes in their daily light cycle are found to have a higher death rate, possibly due to difficulty readjusting circadian rhythms. Steroids Fuel Crime ...Continue Reading

SPACE.com Update for November 7, 2006 A {color: 333366; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold}  * DESTINATIONS:* *News* *|* *SpaceFlight* *|* *Science/Astronomy* *|* *SETI* *|*   *Space Business News* *November 7, 2006*   *TOP STORY* *posted: November 7, 2006 10:33 am EDT* *Lunar Explorers Face Moon Dust Dilemma*As NASA planners gear up to replant astronauts on the ...Continue Reading

------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006 2006-2007 SEASONAL FLU SHOTS Date/Time/Location: Tuesday - Thursday, Nov. 7 - 20, 1 - 3 p.m., Health Unit Contact: Beverly Vaughn 358-2600 The NASA Headquarters Health Unit conducts an influenza campaign annually. Flu shots are available to NASA civil service employees on a first-come, first-serve basis, while supplies last. No appointment is necessary. For details, visit: http://www.cdc.gov/flu FEHB OPEN SEASON HEALTH FAIR Date/Time/Location: ...Continue Reading

NASA Science News for November 6, 2006 Mysterious concentrations of mass in the Moon's ancient lava seas disturb the orbits of Moon-circling spacecraft. NASA is taking these "mascons" into account as the agency prepares to return to the Moon. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/06nov_loworbit.htm?list882224 You are currently subscribed to snglist as: nasa_reports@aus-city.com. This is a free service. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.msfc.nasa.gov/u?id=882224F&n=T&l=snglist or send a ...Continue Reading